The Bloodhound LSR car is a jet-engine-propelled vehicle designed to do just one thing: set a new land speed record. But you can't just fire up the horizontal rocket and go blasting into the books.

Last year, the Bloodhound SSC effort, which aims to build the first car to exceed 1000 mph, was saved from administration by a British entrepreneur. The project was renamed Bloodhound LSR (for Land ...

The Bloodhound Land Speed Record team on Friday released a video showing that its streamliner can accelerate from 0-628 mph in 50.1 seconds. The video compares the Bloodhound car's acceleration to a ...

Starting later this month and well into November, a man by the name of Andy Green will be making a stretch of a South African desert howl with the roar of a Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine. Green will ...

Although the Bloodhound supersonic car recently reached its fastest speed yet, it'll still need some extra oomph in order to meet its next target of over 800 mph (1,287 km/h). To that end, its makers ...

A little over a year ago Warhurst was wondering what he was going to do with the rest of his life. Having sold his turbocharger parts manufacturing business to an American corporation, he found ...

A small army of people is currently sweeping across the Hakskeenpan desert in South Africa, clearing any objects that might come in the way of a vehicle powered by a Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Click here to read the full article. The jet engine-powered Bloodhound LSR rocket car isn't ready to break the 1,000 mph barrier ...

It has been a stop-start affair of late for the Bloodhound supersonic car, which was on the brink bankruptcy last year but now has the land speed record again firmly in its sights. Looking to maintain ...

The Bloodhound LSR, a jet engine-powered car designed with the express purpose of setting a new land-speed record, is almost ready for its big moment. The vehicle has finished up preparations in the ...

Bloodhound LSR, the British project aiming to break the world land speed record, has clocked its highest speed to date as testing gathers pace in South Africa. Bugatti Chiron ‘Super Sport’: hardcore ...